Best Practice in Disruptive Event Management for the Workplace

Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC, CCS, FAAETS, serves as Director, Training and Consultant Relations for the R3 Continuum. He is a licensed social worker and certified addiction counselor. Dennis has received training and supervision in Cognitive Therapy from the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, PA. He has participated in a train the trainer courses in Motivational Interviewing and has provided this training to a variety of mental health, substance abuse agencies and in the business community.

Jeff Gorter, MSW, serves as the Clinical Director, EAP Liaison for R3 Continuum. Mr. Gorter brings over 27 years of clinical experience including consultation and extensive on-site critical incident response to businesses and communities. He has responded directly to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, and the earthquake/tsunami in Japan. He has conducted trainings and presented at the APA Annual Conference, the World Conference on Disaster Management, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and at other state, national, and international venues on a variety of topics, including critical incident response.

Gordon Greer LMSW ACSW CAADC, serves as Director, Productivity Assurance Call Center at R3 Continuum. He has been a respected mental health clinician in the Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area for over fifteen years. He earned his degree in English secondary education from Indiana University (IUPUI), and his master's degree in clinical social work from Western Michigan University. Before joining R3 in 2015, Gordon worked at Forest View Hospital for more than a decade, with a specialization in psychiatric case management, adolescent/adult behavioral health, family therapy, group therapy, and the field of traumatic stress. He also coordinated Forest View's regionally and nationally regarded Psychological Trauma Program, with a specialization in dissociative disorders and conditions related to traumatic stress.